I think following my instinct has proven to lead me in the right direction, and it’s hard to hear sometimes, because it’s a noisy world and there’s a lot of people talking to you.
ALICIA KEYSI grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.
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If I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything.
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No one will take care of you if you don’t take care of yourself.
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My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.
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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring.
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You’ve got to love what’s yours.
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I think there’s an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can’t be excited when you’re not doing something new.
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I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.
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Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.
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I’m not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I’m thick. I like my body.
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Simplicity makes me happy.
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I think we deserve people who really, really love us.
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How you look is your statement, because it’s a claiming of yourself.
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It’s the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.
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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?
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I don’t worry cause, everything’s gonna be alright.
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